Both of those statements are 100% true, but neither represents BABA's single most important and, in my opinion, attractive quality. In that very short period of time, Alibaba has invested more than $1 billion in two Chinese companies that are also leaders in their respective industries. The first is in ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc (ADR) (NYSE:ZTO), a Chinese logistics firm that trades on the New York Stock Exchange.
New Mars discoveries are advancing the case for possible life on the red planet, past or even present. Scientists reported Thursday that NASA's Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed. The organic molecules preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old bedrock in Gale Crater — believed to once contain a shallow lake the size of Florida's Lake Okeechobee — suggest conditions back then may have been conducive to life.
Microsoft sunk the 40-foot long vessel off the coast of Scotland. The data center contains 12 racks of computers with a total of 864 servers. Microsoft said it can hold data and process information for up to five years without maintenance.
